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Statistics & Forecasts
18% of U.S. broadband households own a wearable fitness device, says Parks Associate study (Yahoo)
Kantar research suggests that 4.7% of Americans and 3.2% of those living in Europe’s four biggest markets currently own a smartwatch (Fortune)
Survey says 74% of women and 69% of men want to spend either less than $100 or $100 – $200 on smartwatches (Wareable)
The Chinese government predicts fitness and sports business will be worth $800 billion by 2025 (Wareable)
Device Announcements
Snap (formerly SnapChat) unveils its first hardware product, Spectacle (MobileSyrup)
CoWatch the Alexa-powered smartwatch now available on Amazon (The Verge)
BLOCKS modular smartwatch hits the FCC (Liliputing)
Intel launches the Oakley Radar Pace (Mashable)
OMsignal launches smart bra (BetaKit)
Funding & M&A
LiveLike raises $5M to stream sports in VR (Forbes)
Major Milestones
Google opens Daydream VR platform to developers (TechCrunch)
Unity adds support for Daydream VR (Upload VR)
Hulu launching new programming for VR app (TechCrunch)
Rumours
Apple patent suggest they are considering the use of active fluids for wearable displays (Apple Insider)
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